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"Does using spring water help plants and animals grow stronger? This is what Earthscape, a landscape design studio founded by Eiki Danzuka, hopes to uncover with its On-iku experiment.  Dedicated to studying the relationship between people and the environment, Earthscape has opened a lab in an old wooden apartment located in Beppu, Japan. Here, the design group conducts research and experiments on &amp;quot;the environmental compatibility of plants and animals.&amp;quot; One of these experiments, the On-iku experiment, sets to test whether the local hot springs water makes a difference in plant growth.  The On-iku experiment involves growing native Beppu plants using water from local hot springs only. According to Earthscape&amp;#039;s founder Danzuka, the plants in Beppu had always seemed oddly strong. She also states, &amp;quot;I believe that carrying on our research in a small room in the Kiyoshima Apartments will lead us to answers about Beppu, Oita, and the world. This is why I believe in our continued research.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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